INDEX 



229 



Memory, development of, 151 

 Mercier, Charles, 195 

 Jletatheria, arboreal, 19G 

 Middle line digit, 80 

 Milk teeth, decay of, 93 

 Missing links, feet of, 73 

 Molar teeth, 92 

 Monkey communities, 188 

 Monotremes, 39 

 Motor area, 107 



impressions, 162 

 Munro, Dr., 44, 221 

 Mus margarettcB, 69 

 Mutation, 3 

 Myology, comparative, 32 



N 



Nasalis larvatus, 98 

 Neopallium, 153 

 Nest-building, 138 

 Neurobiotaxis, 163 

 Novel objects, testing of, 159 

 Nursery, importance of, 183 

 Nursing habits, 143 



of monkeys, 148 

 Nycticehus tardigradus, 50, 86, 111, 

 159, 185, 215 



O 



Okapia, vertebral column, 106 

 Opposable digits, 67 

 Orang-utan, 37 



climbing of, 112 



pelvis of, 125 



young of, 186 



limbs of, 202 

 Orbit, development of, 99 

 Os centrale, 26 

 Overcrowded jaws, 88 

 Owen, Sir R., on scent glands, 154 



Pairing, duration of, 186 

 Parallel developments, 197 

 Paralysis, types of, 170 

 Pelvis, primitive type of, 123 



different forms of, 125 

 Phalanges, 24 

 Phascolarctus, 68, 214 

 Pictured movements, 168, 192 

 Pigeon, cerebrum of, 169 

 Pinna, movements of, 100 

 Prefrontal area, 191 

 Prehensile tails, 69, 215 

 Proboscis monkey, 98 

 Prognathism, 95 

 Pronator muscles, 33 



Protothtria, 56, .j<», UKi 

 Pubic symphysis, 123 

 Pupj)y, experiment on, 16'J 

 Pygmies, linibn of, 202 



Q 



Quad rum ana, 49 



R 



Kabbit, exj)eriment on, 169 



Radio-ulnaris muscle, 41 



Reason, evolutinn of, l8l 



Reflex action, 172 



Reil, Island of, 178 



Reptiles, vertebral column of, I02 



brain of, 151 

 Respiration, methods of, 133 

 Rhinolophid bats, nipples of, 144 

 BJmiopithecus, 98 

 Robinson, Dr. Louis, 205 

 Rodents, nests of, 139 

 Rotation of tibia and fibula, 59 



of hip-joint, 63 

 Rosenberg, 26 



8 



Sacro-iliac joint, 123 

 Sakai, toes of, 72, SO 



methods of climbing, 209 

 Scent glands, 154 

 Scmangs, 209 

 Shrew, pygmy, 39 



senses of, 154 

 Sight, impressions of, 174 

 Silent area, 191 

 Sloths, 56, 215 

 Slow lemurs, 14 

 Smell, importance of, 153 

 Snub-nosed monkey, 9S 

 Social habits of monkeys, 188 

 Specialization, results of, 212 

 Speech, acquirement of, 5 

 Stability of limbs, 10 

 Sternidce, nesting habits of, 201 

 Successful rdaptation, 212 

 Suspension-power of baby, 20.) 

 Symphysis pubis, 12«» 



Tapir, 167 



Tarsias spectrum, 54, 57 



foot of, 70 



face of, 97 



vertebral column of, 11 1 



nursii\c of, 14S 



eyes of, I0(i, 176 

 Taylor, Gordon, 39, 4J 

 Teeth, functions of, 87 



